Coaching Cross Country Successfully

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Summary: Running With Newton
Review: Coach Joe Newton is a great coach, infact, I have ran for him, his coaching is the best that you could wish for. If I were buying this just by his track record it would be highly recomended! He is without doubt in my mind the best coach of Cross Crunty in history, if not all sports.

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Summary: Good book, a little too much of a boasting for york school
Review: I am a cross-country captain and wanted to educate myself on how to help my coach with our team. This book is a good, simple basis for those who are unexperienced with coaching cross country. I think it was a good help and gave me some basis but I learned much more about the school that this author coached than I needed to. This book is also a boasting of York school, who according to this book is state ranked and touches perfection. Having read this book twice, I still feel very unsure of what practises would be good for my team. Though it is a bit annoying, I recommend to someone who needs an idea, I also recommend buying another book with it, such as 'the competitive runner's handbook.'

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Summary: Words From The Master
Review: Joe Newton is the GOLD STANDARD when it comes to coaching high school cross country. Year in and year out his teams challenge for state and national titles. This book is not as good as the "Long Green Line" but that is THE book on high school cross country. This book stands by itself as an excellent, practical guide for coach, fan and runner. It is broken into easy to read sections and full of interesting antedotes. Joe Newton gives solid insight into his highly successful progam.

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Summary: It's written by Joe Newton.. enough said
Review: Joe Newton is without a doubt the greatest cross country coach in America and quite possibly the world. I personally have the honor of running for him and I can tell there is nobody better. The motivational speeches he gives you are truly inspiring and are what bring the York cross country team together. Buy this book to learn about cross country and to learn about life.

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Summary: Great Man, Great Book
Review: This book is amazing. It only cracks the surface of this great man. There is now a film being made about coach Newton...

http://www.longgreenlinemovie.com



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Summary: Overworked in Illinois
Review: While this is a revolutionary book for it's type (there are not many guides to coaching cross country) I think that there is an underlying flaw with coach Newton's philosophy. From what I read of Newton's workout chart, it seems that he over works his runners. While this does get quality results and fast runners, it is not working in the runners best interest. High schoolers who are worked too much get burnt out easily and are overlooked by college cross country coaches.